Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Watercolor Week- Day 2

Hello and welcome back to Watercolor Week! If you missed Day One, you can find it HERE. Here is today's card...

I used Distress Inks again to create this watercolor background. I used Squeezed Lemonade and Barn Door inks together to create this yummy peach color. After the piece was dry, I went in with some Barn Door distress ink with a blending tool and a stencil to add a small section of pattern.

I raised the heart image I cut from the background by layering many pieces of yellow cardstock that I cut from the same Hero Arts heart die. I traced around the heart image with a white gel pen to give it some definition.

I also found a fun technique by accident! I heat embossed the sentiment with clear embossing powder thinking I grabbed white embossing powder. You couldn't see it well and I thought I ruined the card. Then I heat embossed the sentiment again right on top of the clear embossed sentiment but this time using white embossing powder. I positioned the sentiment off slightly from the one beneath. It's hard to tell in the photo but it gives a great shadow. A happy accident!

To finish off the card I adhered it to a grey card base and added a strip of yellow cardstock along with some awesome sequins. Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow with another share...